11311 &11306 2001-2-27
So we find it hard to separate mass and weight. Since when is this new?
We need to get this figured out. We need a linguist or somebody with brains
to invent a word xxxx, a verb both transitive and intransitive, parallel
to "weigh" to give the set:
weigh weight
xxxx mass
Then we will have:
"That box weighs 7067 newtons."
"That box xxxxes 721 kilograms."
"Weigh that box."
"Xxxx that box."
"The weight of that box is 7067 newtons."
"The mass of that box is 721 kilograms."
The verb and the noun can have different roots.
Does any language have such a word?
Some have said the verb is "mass" which gives:
"That box masses 721 kilograms."
"Mass that box."
Hey, everybody, what is the word?
Robert Bushnell
